The Republic of Korea-Vietnam Food & Culture Festival 2014, will be held in Hanoi on November 29-30, with the aim of providing a wide range of activities that visitors will enjoy.
Authorities of the Mekong delta province of An Giang had a working session on November 21 with visiting Israeli businesses seeking partnerships in fish farming and processing.
Hanesbrands Vietnam, a subsidiary of the United States-based Hanesbrands Inc, opened its third US$15 million factory in Kim Dong district in northern Hung Yen province on November 21.
The Government has approved a number of partnership agreements and draft deals with foreign partners in various fields, including science and technology, sea transport and education.
Chairman of the People’s Committee of northern Thai Binh province Pham Van Sinh expressed his hope to reach investment and export deals with Iran during his reception for Iranian parliamentarians on November 21.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s participation in the forthcoming eighth Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle summit aims to foster the coordination in the implementation of joint programmes in defence, security and socio-economic development.
The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) lowered the petroleum price by 1,140 VND ( US$0.053) per litre and diesel by VND450 – 590 (US$0.021 – 0.028) per litre, starting at 11:00 on November 22.
The incident at the Ho Chi Minh City Area Control Centre (AACC Ho Chi Minh) at Tan Son Nhat Airport on Nov. 20 is an extremely serious technical failure that has never occurred before in the history of the Vietnamese aviation history, an official affirmed at a press conference on November 21.
The Japanese Embassy in Hanoi announced that on November 20, Japan started a simplified application procedure for single tourist visas for Vietnamese nationals as part of efforts to further promote people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.
An exhibition of royal administrative documents, which dated back to the Nguyen dynasty (1802 - 1945), opened in central Thua Thien – Hue province on November 21.